Morea Baru

Morea Baru (born April 15 1990)[1] is a Papua New Guinean Olympic weightlifter. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished in 6th place.[2] He competed at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championship in Suva, Fiji and won with a total lift of 283 kg.[3] Baru also participated at the Australian International Open in March 2016 and also took top honours with a total of 291 kg.[4] He competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth.[5][6]

Morea Baru
Personal information
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Born (1990-04-15) 15 April 1990
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Papua New Guinea
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
2019 Apia-61 kg
2015 Port Moresby-62 kg
2011 Nouméa-56 kg
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast62 kg

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123ResultRank123ResultRank
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil62 kg122126129126815916416816452906
World Championships
2015 Houston, United States62 kg115120120120281501501581502527027
Oceania Championships
2018 Mont-Dore, New Caledonia62 kg110115120120141150160160280
2017 Gold Coast, Australia62 kg120124125120156162162162282
2016 Suva, Fiji62 kg120125125120162163163163283
2015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea62 kg118121124121155158158155276
2014 Mont-Dore, New Caledonia62 kg115119122119150155155150269
2013 Brisbane, Australia56 kg94989894121128132128222
2012 Apia, Samoa62 kg10010510510513013513513042354
2011 Darwin, Australia62 kgN/AN/AN/A955N/AN/AN/A1302254
2010 Suva, Fiji56 kg85909085611011511511552005
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast, Australia62 kg12312713012721591591631592286
2014 Glasgow, Great Britain62 kg115120120120314914915015032704
2010 Delhi, India56 kg8590959011115120125115920510
Pacific Games
2019 Apia, Samoa61 kg115120124124150160164160284
2015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea62 kg118121124121155158158155276
2011 Nouméa, New Caledonia[7]56 kg9510010095125130135125220


References
  1. "Morea Baru". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. Jinimbo, Lamech (9 August 2016). "PNG weightlifter Morea Baru finishes 6th in Rio". www.looptonga-sb.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  3. Narain, Pravin (26 May 2016). "Victory for Baru in senior category". Fiji Times Online.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  4. Mou, Freddy (25 May 2016). "Morea Baru sets his eyes on Rio". www.looppng.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  5. "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 62kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. "Glasgow 2014 - Morea Baru Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  7. Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
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